Catch for bracelets.



No. 833,458. PATENTED ocT. 16, 1906.

' I G. HAUSHBRR.

'GATGH FOR BRACELETS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.17,1906.

w ill WITNESSES;

GUSTAV HAUSHERR, OF IRVINGTON, NEW JERSEY.

CATCH FOR BRACELETS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 16, 1906.

Application filed March 17. 1906. Serial No. 306,603.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUSTAV HAUSHERR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Irvington, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Catches for Bracelets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a clasp for jewelry; and it is illustrated and particularly adapted as a catch for bracelets. It embodies a cheap construction, and it has a positive action, besides containing a safety-catch that locks the bracelet if it has been pressed, but not quite hard enough to close it entirely.

.The present construction also provides a clasp or catch that forms a nice finish and is not apt to accidentally open.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a bracelet. Fig. 2 is an elevation, partly in section, of the catch partly closed. Fig. 3 is a plan of the catch opened. Fig. 4 is a vertical section closed, and Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5 in Fig. 4.

The bracelet shown is formed of the usual hinged members and 11, having tubular free ends. In one of them, as 10, is arranged, to catch piece 12, that has integral with it the arm 13, the saw-cut or wedged-shaped opening 14, giving the necessary spring action, the whole forming a split conical catch. This catch 12 is secured at its inner end 15 to the interior of the member 10, and it may be arranged in a ring 21 in the member 10, which ring is cut away to allow the movement of the part 19.

The forward or pointed part of the catch is rounded, as at 16, and has the two noses or projections 17 and 18 and is finished ofi at its free end with the finger-plate 19, supplied with the usual finger-notch for the manual operation of the catch.

The ring or stop-piece 20 has a widened a beveled portion 20 and is arranged at a point inside the tubular end of the member 11 to tightly bind the hinged portions together when the nose 18 engages it, as shown in Fig. 4.

It will be seen that if the catch is not pressed hard enough to closely lock the elements 10 and 11 together it will still be gripped, as in Fig. 2, where the nose 17 is shown engaging the beveled portion 20". When the bracelet is closed, the end 19 of the catch snaps up flush with the outside of the bracelet to make a smooth finish.

This catch is exceedingly cheap to make and is not liable to get out of order, and combines a safety-catch with a closure.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is--- 1. A bracelet comprising a pair of hinged members having hollow ends, a split conical spring-metal catch secured in the end of one member by one of its arms, noses arranged successively on the outer surface of the free arm, a finger-piece on the extreme end of the free arm and adapted to flush into the surface of the member when locked, and a stop in the end of the second member to successively engage the noses of the catch when the bracelet is locked.

2. A bracelet comprising a pair of hinged tubular members, the free end of one member having a split conical spring-catch emerging therefrom, one arm thereof being fastened in the member, the member being cut away to allow the spring-arm to be normally flush with the member, this free arm being adapted to be manually operated, a series of teeth on the outside edge of the spring-arm of the catch, and a ring or stop secured in the other bracelet member and adapted to be engaged by the teeth on the catch in the firstmentioned member.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 2d day of March, 1906.

GUSTAV HAUSHERR.

Witnesses:

WM. H. CAMFIELD, E. A. PELL. 

